Acknowledgements The Innocenti Report Card 18 was researched and written by Gwyther Rees, Eszter Timar, Finagnon Antoine Dedewanou, Frank Otchere, Alessandro Carraro and Sabbiana Cunsolo. A group of expert peer reviewers and UNICEF advisers provided quality assurance. The authors would like to thank the following peer reviewers for their valuable comments and suggestions: Alberto Minujin, Equity for Children – The New School, United States Anne-Catherine Guio, Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research, Luxembourg Aya Abe, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan Ian Orton, Social Protection Department, ILO, Switzerland Jonathan Bradshaw, University of York, United Kingdom Keetie Roelen, Open University, United Kingdom Yekaterina Chzhen, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland and also the following experts for their advice: Bryan Perry, Ministry of Social Development, New Zealand Dave Gordon, University of Bristol, United Kingdom Thanks also to Statistics Canada and Statistics Korea for their help in providing statistics to include in this report. The following UNICEF staff members provided expert input at various stages of the work: Amenawon Esangbedo, Andrea Rossi, Enrique Delamonica, Isabella Castrogiovanni, Jennifer Yablonski, Marta Arias, Monica Rubio, Natalia Winder-Rossi, Pamela Dale, Solrun Engilbertsdottir, Tomoo Okubo. The authors would also like to acknowledge and thank the essential and valuable support of UNICEF National Committees and Country Offices throughout the process. At UNICEF Innocenti – Global Office of Research and Foresight the following colleagues contributed to this project: Overall guidance: Bo Viktor Nylund, Celine Little, David Anthony, Dominic Richardson and Patrizia Faustini Child participation: Francesca Viola and Maria Rosaria Centrone Administrative support: Lisa Gastaldin, Lisa Pecorini and Patricia Arquero Caballero Editorial production: Amanda Marlin, Kathleen Edison and Tara Dooley Communication: Adam Cathro, Cristina Pizzolato and Yasmina Nuny Silva 62 Child Poverty in the Midst of Wealth Innocenti Report Card 18